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About Calgary Real Estate Lawyers

Calgary Real Estate Lawyers assist clients with the legal issues related to the Purchase of Real Estate and/or the Sale of Real Estate. Real Estate Lawyers may also handle other matters such as the Leasing of Real Estate.

Real Estate Lawyers often assist clients with the following:

Purchase and Sale of Residential Properties, including Homes and Condominiums

Purchase and Sale of Commercial Real Estate Properties

Purchase and Sale of Vacant Land

Power of Sale Proceedings

Leases

Many Calgary Real Estate Lawyers also perform Barrister related work including Wills & Estates, Business & Corporate Law, and Notary Public services.

Calgary, AB Real Estate Law Lawyer News

Condo project owner fined for delay in fire-alarm verification

Heritage Station Inc., the owner of Calgaryâs London towers, was slapped with a fine of $58,592 for being months late in verifying the fire-alarm system in the two-tower complex.

The final verification, a standard for completed developments, was supposed to be completed in November 2010, but wasnât over until April 2011.

The ownerâs lawyer, Derek King, pointed out that the concern was verification, not any actual failure of the alarm system.

Rising land acquisition costs a concern: mayor

Posted Jan 02, 2012 on www.calgaryherald.com

Mayor Naheed Nenshi is concerned about escalating land acquisition costs for Calgary's west LRT line as city officials acknowledge the budgeted $171 million may not be enough.

The Land Compensation Board makes acquiring land costlier for the city as it arbitrates disputes over payouts for expropriated property and has made some higher-than-expected awards in the past, he says.

Calgary real estate lawyer Hugh Ham says the city has been lowballing its offers for several years where it should really be fully compensating landowners.

A study Ham conducted showed the compensation board has awarded substantially more than what the authorities offered in past cases.

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Vancouver City gets sued for failing to uphold zoning regulations

Bob Kasting, a lawyer in Vancouver, have filed a petition in behalf of the residents of False Creek alleging that the City of Vancouver have been remiss in upholding its zoning regulations.

The False Creek Residents Association is accusing the City of violating its own rules when it allowed a parking lot and a residential sales centre to be built in an area which was meant to be used as a park.

The land, owned by Concord Pacific, was part of the grounds which was used for the World's Fair Expo which Vancouver hosted in 1986.

The Concord Pacific made a promise to build a park and endorse it to the city for the redevelopment of the Expo grounds.

Instead, the firm has put the land to commercial use.

The City of Vancouver did not issue any comment regarding the matter saying it cannot do so as it is already before the court.

Judge dismisses case filed against building seller on ghost allegations

Posted Nov 10, 2013 on www.thestar.com

Judge James W. Sloan dismissed the case filed by Trajan Fisca, who owns the company which bought an office building sold by K-W Labour Association for lesser than its assessed value.

Fisca claimed that the building had a ghost history which he was not told about at the time of the sale of the building.

Fisca's claim was based on an interview that Stephen Kramer, the vice president of the Labour Association, gave to a newspaper wherein he said that the building sold for only less than a million because it was haunted.

In papers submitted to court, Kramer said that he was only kidding during the interview. He also said that he has no idea if the building is indeed haunted.

Sebastien Winny, a lawyer in Kitchener representing the Labour Association, said Fisca referenced a New York case for his claim wherein the buyer got paid damages because the seller had not informed him that the house he was buying was haunted.

Fisca will be mounting an appeal of the decision.

Halifax non-profit community groups want to stop sale of old school site

Posted Jun 15, 2012 on thechronicleherald.ca

Three Halifax non-profit community groupsâthe North End Community Health Association, the Richard Preston Centre for Excellence Society and the Micmac Native Friendship Centre are tyring to stop the sale of St. Patrick's-Alexandra school property to Jono Developments Ltd.

The three community groups claim that the 1.6-hectare of land on Maitland Street was sold below market value which violates the city charter which states that only non-profit groups can buy city assets below market value.

However, lawyers for the city and Jono argued that the market value, which is $3 million, is the price agreed upon by a willing buyer and seller.

Halifax lawyer Mick Ryan, representing Jono, said that the $3 million puts a lot more cash into the public coffers than what one of the groups is offering.

"The taxpaying citizens of Halifax have to be treated fairly as well,â he said.

Community league can appeal construction of apartment building

Posted Mar 13, 2012 on www.edmontonjournal.com

Albertaâs Court of Appeals overturned a Subdivision and Development Appeal board ruling, saying an Edmonton community league should have the right to appeal the construction of an apartment building meant to house people with chronic addictions.

The Appeal board had ruled that McCauley Community League had been too late to appeal the construction of Ambrose Place, which is nearly 75 per cent complete.

The Appeal court held that the city should have notified the League and other neighbours of the property in the first place.

The court also noted that the development permit for the project expired in May 2009. Construction on Ambrose Place did not begin until the fall of 2010.

Edmonton lawyer Jeremy Taitinger, representing Niginan Housing Ventures, the builder, said that they are reviewing the decision.

Sale of St. Pat school property put on hold

Posted Feb 02, 2012 on halifax.openfile.ca

The sale of the former St. Patâs-Alexandra School property to JONO Developments has been put on hold by Judge Patrick Duncan, and is now pending until further notice from the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.

Three community groups had applied for a stay of sale through their Halifax lawyer, Ronald Pink.

The groups contend that the Halifax Regional Municipality did not follow due process, which should have considered proposals from community groups, in the sale to the private developer.